For a host of reasons, by damn it’s chili season. Given that most of the country is still held in winter’s icy grip, and with the superbowl teams set for their dance in just under ten days, visions of a great chili simmering away on the stove are dancing in many a head these days. […]
Friday Feast
Now that we’ve all settled into the heart of winter, we find ourselves reaching several times a week for crunchy goodness of a cabbage slaw to accompany whatever proteins are on the menu that day, or that big pot of rich, steaming chili on the stove. Cabbage is plentiful during the slack winter growing season, […]
Great dressings and vinaigrettes can end up being powerful workhorses in the kitchen and in camp; they’re an easy and very much under-appreciated way to pack new and intense flavor combinations in small (and damned transportable, if need be) packages. We’re big fans around our camp of slathers, sauces, and dressings used to add bursts […]
As we continue to crawl out of the deep, dark flu cave around our camp this week, in all honesty I’ve not been doing much in terms of bona fide meal prep since the flurry around the holidays. That said, I have been helping rustle up a menu for a friend’s dinner party coming up the […]
New Year’s food traditions, especially if you were raised in the South, mean something to folks; we’ve been writing about them for years, including this post from a few years back – …That meant there was some form of pork on the table (pigs root forward symbolizing progress, and a rich pork meal signified wealth […]
Yesterday we took a short stroll down memory lane, back to the late 1970’s in fact, to a neighborhood holiday party GR and his family hosted during the Christmas – New Year week. His busy as a bee grandmother, a diminutive, grandmotherly version of the Pillsbury Doughboy, kept the eggnog bowl full and served a […]
Helping a friend plan the menu for a family shindig coming up late next week, he asked about a cheese dip that we’d first served him over two decades ago (dammit RJ, that seems simply inconceivable) at a Thanksgiving with a house full of friends back in Salt Lake City. RJ was asking about what […]
Looking ahead to the next round of holiday dining, one of our clan has asked that this amazing pie – Pretzel Crust Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Ganache – once again be part of the festivities. We first whipped up a couple of these as part of the pie buffet at a party we threw for […]
Throw whatever stones our way you might, around our campfire most of us look more forward to Thanksgiving leftovers than we do the actual big fixin’s, sit down meal on Thanksgiving day. A roasted (or grilled or smoked) turkey always means there’s a big pot of Bib’s Turkey Bone Gumbo not far behind, and those […]
While we can never roast or grill a whole turkey without roasting the bones, brewing up a big vat of turkey stock, and then crafting of big pot or two of Bib’s Turkey Bone Gumbo or this clan favorite Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, we’ve just found a new all-time Thanksgiving leftover favorite – these Pepper […]
I’m not the least bit ashamed to admit we’ve fallen pretty hard of late for gochojang – the funky, spicy (sometimes a whole lot of spicy), and kinda sweet Korean chile paste. Being absolutely above board about it, I’d also have to admit that two years ago, I really didn’t have the slightest idea what […]
Well before the days back in Kalispell when we as a family ran the horse operation, we’ve been aficionados of great breakfasts, and often leaned to southern-inspired breakfasts in particular – country ham and eggs, biscuits and gravy, crispy Belgian waffles with a pile of crunchy bacon, huevos rancheros, or our killer house migas. These […]
As have thousands hundreds dozens and dozens of fly fishers across the fruited plain, we’ve been making serious effort at eating healthier around our camp over the past several months. Proving that old habits die hard, there are still times that we crave something crunchy and salty; looking for something not loaded with the wrong […]
Today represents something of a first in the 10-year history of posting recipes here on Chi Wulff (ok, for a few years on BestFlyFishingYellowstone.com too) – we’re posting a recipe cut right from Epicurious as is (ok, with one suggestion). For what it’s worth, I’m doing so today for two reasons. One, this is damn […]
During the same conversation referenced yesterday about adult beverages and great chow, Ricky (our redfish-chasing compadre over in Louisiana) and I talked about a rib feast we’d shared with some folks on the South Fork of the Snake a few years back. We were both living in SLC at the time, and had escaped to […]
